One of several bills related to the 2024 spill of forever chemicals at Brunswick Landing, the new law restructures the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.
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Mills signs bill to shut off fire suppression systems with forever chemicals at Brunswick Landing
The bill requires the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority to remove all remaining PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the end of the year.
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Block parties, breakfasts and a dozen other May-June events to dive into
Last week, we highlighted several events all happening on Brunswick Landing in May. This week, I want to touch on some events happening throughout the region so you can start marking up your late-May and June calendars for things not to miss. I do want to mention that both of the monthly chamber networking events […]
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EPA announces rollback of limits on forever chemicals in drinking water
The agency rolled back limits for three types of forever chemicals but will keep standards in place for the two most common PFAS, known as PFOA and PFOS.
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Healing the Mere Brook waters
For the past few years, I’ve carried with me a quotation given to me by a friend. We were out walking and assessing a stretch of potential conservation land. A brook ran along a gully nearby, and we were wondering about the brook’s work across time, which led, as many brook talks do, to my […]
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Proposed bill would restructure Brunswick Landing leadership, require environmental stewardship
If passed, the bill would add more people from Brunswick to the authority’s board of trustees and add “environmental stewardship” as an official goal.
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Brunswick Landing removes toxic foam from airport hangar
Hangar 6 held 975 gallons of aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, containing a toxic chemical compound known as PFOS.
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Jet fuel spill at Brunswick Landing cleaned up
Brunswick Landing is awaiting water-testing results from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
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Brunswick Landing cleaning up jet fuel spill
The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority said the 55-gallon spill does not pose a public risk.
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Harpswell seeks answers as PFAS spill contaminates local waters
Harpswell is seeking accountability and answers about PFAS pollution coming from the former Brunswick Naval Air Station after a spill of firefighting foam last summer. In a February letter, the Harpswell Select Board asked the commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection who is responsible for testing waters affected by the spill. The board […]